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It's nearly time to redirect your tears to Thursday nights. "Parenthood," which has long lived in the shadows on NBC's lineup, returns for its fifth season on Thursday at 10 p.m. ET/PT, its plum new time slot. It will cap off the network's shift in its brand of comedies for the night, which take on a more family-heavy, broad appeal. Placing the family drama in the 10 p.m. hour marks a departure tonally for the network, which has seen the demise of darker dramas such as "Prime Suspect," "Awake," "The Firm," and "Do No Harm" (recent entrant "Hannibal" at least nabbed a second season). Does the...

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It's nearly time to redirect your tears to Thursday nights.
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NBC released its midseason schedule for 2012, and missing from it are "Community" and "Prime Suspect."
Both ratings-starved but critically praised series have been pulled from the schedule. A spokesman from NBC has told me that...